Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To summarise, because I am mindful of the time, the Commissioner is telling the committee that she has those channels and procedures and that she is the person in charge, but when something like this happens, which is an obvious matter of concern as any attempt to interfere with the carrying out of the internal audit function is, of course, going to cause alarm, she cannot either approach the person directly or turn her hand to the established channels. Instead, she had to go through some as yet unspecified and convoluted process of going to law officers and seeking legal advice before acting.